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C.J. McCollum suffered the biggest setback of his basketball career early this year.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Trail Blazers guard C.J. McCollum, a former Lehigh University star, scored 33 points in a 124-121 victory over Phoenix on Tuesday night. That offensive output comes two nights after McCollum matched his career high with 37 points...

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How does that sound as the 76ers' 2016-17 starting lineup?
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Lehigh grad C.J. McCollum officially is a member of the USA Men's Select team, that will train with the U.S. men's basketball Olympic team in Las Vegas from July 18-21.
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